World Maths Day in Acorns

23rd March 2023A Malone

Today we did lots of activities for World Maths Day. In English we looked at some counting and number stories, then made our own number books.

In Maths, we explored money and set up a class shop, writing our own price tags and then buying things with real money.

In Art we found out about the artist Paul Klee, who created abstract art using colour and shape. We then made our own ‘Castle and Sun’ art work.

We also played the game ‘Toyshop Money’ on TopMarks Maths on the iPads. We had a great day and really enjoyed linking maths to all areas of the curriculum.

Counting Books

Paul Klee ‘Castle and Sun’ art

Writing price tags for our class shop

Science Week in Acorns

14th March 2023A Malone

This week we have been carrying out scientific jobs in class as part of science week. We explored ‘connections’ by matching animal faces to make sure they made a complete face, and we made our own butter!

We investigated how the liquid cream changes into solid butter by being shaken in a jar. It was amazing as we watched and heard the cream turning into a solid!

After we made the butter we all tasted it on some bread, and agreed that it was yummy!

 

Safer Internet Day and more…..

7th February 2023A Malone

We have been finding out how to stay safe online. We read the story ‘Hanni and the Magic Window’ and discussed what we could do if we saw something online or elsewhere that made us feel upset or worried. Then we drew things that we would like to see if we had our own magic window.

 

In English we read the story ‘Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge’ by Mem Fox. This is a lovely story about a little boy who helps an elderly lady to find her lost memories. We then shared some of our own favourite memories with the class.

 

Our grown ups have been helping us with our topic work. We gave them a task of telling us about their favourite toys when they were children. We are going to put this information onto a timeline to show how toys have changed over time.

Acorns and Hawthorns Reading Club

31st January 2023A Malone

Every Thursday. Acorns and Hawthorns have their weekly reading club. This is run by Mrs Malone, Miss Henderson and Jo-Anne.

In the first session, everyone chose a favourite book which we put into our special reading club basket. Every week we focus on a different book, so everyone has a turn to share why their book is special.

Last week we looked at ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We found some mysterious magic beans, read the story, and then did some reading, writing and creative jobs linked to the story. We had so much fun!

 

Our Week in Acorns

17th January 2023A Malone

In Maths we have been using the mathematical vocabulary ‘more than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’ –

3 is less than 5

Equal means ‘the same’

6 is more than 2

We have also been reading ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, and finding out about what happens in a Post Office.

Exploring our new Post Office role-play area

Sensory Exploration

17th January 2023A Malone

This week Acorns have been to visit our new sensory space. We enjoyed exploring the equipment and playing games like ‘Berry Splat’, ‘Bubble Pop’ and phonics games.